Charlotte Magazine – August 2019

TO A FIRSTTIME VISITOR, Quin Gwinn Studios, a design

 rm with o ces in the west Charlotte branch of Hygge

Coworking, resembles a comfortable living room. Bunches

of yellow and turquoise pillows, complemented by a match-

ing area rug, sit atop gray couches beneath white curtains.

Designs for current and future projects line the walls beside

a dra  ing table piled with blueprints.

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LIFE LESSONS

QUINTEL

GWINN

Interior designer’s all-black female firm

focuses on community

BY SHAMEIKA RHYMES

Quintel Gwinn’s design firm,

Quin Gwinn Studios, is a rarity

in the design industry—a

company whose staff consists

entirely of black women.

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